100 Years Ago: 1922 Mrs. V. P. DeCoster has hatched 7,000 baby chicks this spring. Of this number she has kept 1,400. The others were sold for day-old chicks. For many years she has specialized in Barred Rocks. 50 Years Ago: 1972 (From a Journal photo) There are no more dull moments in prospect for […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Lewiston is Getting Ready for the Year’s Greatest Shopping Event. Yes, that’s it–DOLLAR DAY, and it is only a few days away, Wednesday, June 21st, is the Day. All Stores open for business at 8.30 AM, Daylight Saving Time, and will stay open until 9 PM. It is Lewiston’s Ninth Annual Dollar Day […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Miss Doris Spaulding and Master Byron Harradon of the Webster Grammar School have each received a five-dollar gold piece from Mrs. M.R. McCallum, president of the W.C.T.U. of Auburn. Sometime ago the W.C.T.U. gave notice that prizes would be awarded to those pupils who wrote the best composition on the injurious […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 “Just a minute,” said Justice Oakes during the Superior Court in Auburn, Thursday morning. “There is one of the jurors who isn’t paying attention.”  The examining attorney stopped his questions, and the witnesses looked at the jury. Suddenly the juror whose attention had wandered looked up. “You must stay awake,” admonished […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Mr. Bessey had peas blossomed June 2 and has had lettuce from his garden. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Gerald W. Burpee was named the Outstanding Young Man for 1972 by the Lewiston-Auburn Jaycees during their meeting held at Happy Jack’s Restaurant, in Lewiston. Burpee, 33, is a licensed funeral practitioner and […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 All wage earners can afford to own their own home! A group of businessmen of Lewiston and Auburn say this is so. More than that, they say that they declare that they can furnish them properly and with modern conveniences. These men are preparing to demonstrate in a practical, and for […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The BPW Club will meet Monday evening at the YW parlors and those who plan to take supper at 6:30 are asked to notify the Y before noon on Monday. Miss Hannah Leader, chief telephone operator at the N.E. District office here will be the speaker on the working of the […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Employees of the Cushman-Hollis Shoe Co. of Auburn are to descend en masse on Tacoma Lake Saturday. It is the annual outing and more than 1000 are expected to be present. A dozen special cars have been engaged from the A&K for the day. An elaborate list of sports and entertainment […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The officer on the beat at the corner of Court St. and Turner Street stated that the traffic light at the juncture had been properly lit Monday, but it was extinguished by Edward Little High School celebraters. Noticing that that the lantern was out he immediately borrowed a match and relit […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The members of Martindale Country Club anticipate the dance Saturday evening, which is to be the first of a series to be held thruout the summer. The golf Inks and cool verandahs of the clubhouse will prove to be a godsend this season to the tired businessman who is unable to […]